Vehicular viewing device

Abstract

A vehicular viewing device including a display section that displays an imaging result of a rear imaging section imaging behind a vehicle, and a controller that, when an warning target has been detected in the imaging result, controls the display section such that a predetermined warning image is displayed in a region outside a predetermined field of view required range in a captured image expressed by the imaging result.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A vehicular viewing device comprising:
 a rear imaging section having a predetermined field of view behind a vehicle, the predetermined field of view including a required range of view; 
 a display section that displays a captured image from the rear imaging section; and 
 a controller that, when a warning target has been detected in the captured image, controls the display section such that a predetermined warning image is displayed in a region outside the required range of the predetermined field of view in the captured image, 
 wherein the controller controls the display section such that the warning image is displayed in a region above a horizon line or a vanishing point in the captured image as the region outside the field of view. 
 
     
     
       2. The vehicular viewing device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 when the warning image is displayed in a region above the horizon line, the horizon line is found from an attachment position of the rear imaging section on the vehicle and an optical axis of the rear imaging section; and 
 when the warning image is displayed in a region above the vanishing point, the vanishing point is found from the captured image. 
 
     
     
       3. The vehicular viewing device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the controller further controls the display section such that the size of the warning image is changed and displayed according to at least one of a size of the warning target in the captured image, or a distance to the warning target. 
 
     
     
       4. The vehicular viewing device of  claim 1 , further comprising a rear imaging section that images behind the vehicle. 
     
     
       5. The vehicular viewing device of  claim 1 , further comprising
 a surroundings imaging section that images vehicle surroundings including at least a specific region along a line between an occupant and the display section, and 
 wherein the controller extracts a brightness of the specific region from a captured image of the surroundings imaging section along the line between the occupant and the display section, and further controls the luminance of the display section according to the extracted brightness. 
 
     
     
       6. The vehicular viewing device of  claim 5 , wherein the surroundings imaging section that images vehicle surroundings includes at least a specific region on an extension line between an occupant and the display section. 
     
     
       7. The vehicular viewing device of  claim 6 , further comprising a center monitor that generates and displays overhead images centered on the vehicle from images imaged by the surroundings imaging section. 
     
     
       8. The vehicular viewing device of  claim 1 , wherein a predetermined warning image is displayed above the warning target.